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HGEA’s John Higgins to Sit On City Task Force to Examine HPD Vacancy Crisis
A month after HGEA publicly called on the Honolulu City Council to expand its inquiry into police department vacancies to include civilian dispatchers, council members selected Union Agent John Higgins to sit […]
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HGEA Voted Best Local Union in Hawaii
More than 50,000 KITV viewers from across the state have spoken: the Hawaii Government Employees Association is the best local union in 2025. For 90 years HGEA has been on […]
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RELEASE: HGEA Calls on City Council to Expand HPD Staffing Crisis Inquiry to Include Police Communication Officers
Severe Shortage of Police Dispatchers in the Honolulu Police Department Threatens Public Safety The Hawaii Government Employees Association this week called on the Honolulu City Council to expand its recently […]
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RELEASE: HGEA scores temporary hazard pay win for nearly 1,300 Hawaii County employees
The Hawaii Government Employees Association is pleased to have reached a resolution in our years-long dispute for temporary hazard pay on behalf of nearly 1,300 former and current employees of […]
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STATEMENT: Hawaii State Hospital employees warned lawmakers about Hale Ho‘ola defects.
Statement From HGEA Executive Director Randy Perreira “We’re surprised by how much lawmakers are shocked by the shoddy construction of Hale Hoʻola at Hawaii State Hospital. It’s not like our […]
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STATEMENT: State Senators Should Stop Denigrating State Employees Who Telework
HGEA Executive Director Randy Perreira issued the following statement: “While their official line is that they support telework, recent snipes from senators suggest that they would rather have government workers […]
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RELEASE: HGEA Wins Temporary Hazard Pay Arbitration Award Against the Department of Education
HGEA Wins Temporary Hazard Pay Arbitration Award Against the Department of Education In our largest temporary hazard pay award to date, the Hawaii Government Employees Association won our long-standing arbitration […]
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HGEA Prevails in Prohibitive Practice Complaint Against Maui Adult Mental Health Division
A pilot program that would have considerably changed the work responsibilities of our members at Maui Community Mental Health Center’s Adult Mental Health Division was put on pause by the […]
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RELEASE: HGEA Reaches Tentative Agreement on Pay Parity for Educational Assistants, Teaching Assistants and Vice Principals
HGEA Makes Progress In Addressing School Employee Parity Pay Following our urgent calls on the state to resolve pay equity for school employees, the Hawaii Government Employees Association is pleased […]
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STATEMENT: HGEA Applauds HSTA Agreement – State Should Provide Pay Equity For School Professionals
Statement from Randy Perreira, Executive Director of HGEA We are happy to see that the Governor and Superintendent have reached a tentative agreement with HSTA on a new contract on […]
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